Waver



April 26, 1932. I Rh E HRLlCH 1,855,755

WAVER Filed Aug.\15, 1930 2 VSheeils-Sl'nu-z'c, l

Bose Ehrlich @3x5 har @Hom/m RosE EHRLICH,y or NEW YORK, .N. Y., AssIGNoR To LAPIN SPECIALTY MEG. co., INC., oF

NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION F p Patented Apr. 26, 1932 UNITEDSTATES PATENT OFFICE wAvER NEW YORK Continuation of application Serial No. 381,575, led J'ulry 27, 1929. This application led lAugust 13,1930. n p Serial No. 474,993.

- scribed in my This invention relates to an improvement inwavers, .and more particularly to a device for producing hair waves, as shown and de- 381,57 5, filed July 27 1929, of which this application is a continuation.

Among the principal objects which the invention has in View are: to enable hair to be waved with simultaneously formed parallel crests; to grip the hair at one part and enable a wave to be made by sliding pressure of the operators linger; to prevent the device from opening when hair is applied therebetween; to readily apply and adjust the device tothe hair; to secure simplicity of construction and operation; and to yobtain other advantages and results as may be brought out in the following description.

In the drawings y Y 'n Figure l is a plan view of my improved hair waving device;

Figure 2 is a similar view, and shows the device applied to a tress of hair;

Figurek is a side elevation of the device looking to 'the left of Figure l; p,

Figure 4 is a view looking to the underside of Figure l;

Figure 5 'is a sectional View shown as taken on the ligne 5-5 of Figure 1;

Figure 6 is a similar view vto Figure 5, and shows the device in open position before applying to the hair;

Figure 7 is an end sectionalv view shown as taken on the line 7-7 of Figure 5;

Flgure 8 is a similar view to Figure 7 and shows the retaining member partially open; and

Figure 9 is a similar view to Figures 7 and e 8, and shows the retaining 'member entirely open.

In the specification:

In the specific embodiment of the invention illustrated in the said drawings, the

. reference numeral l0 indicates my improved device or hairwaver in general. Saidl device is preferably constructedofl a plurality of steel wire members bent to give a generally rectangular shape in plan, and arched or bowed in` edge view to substantially lit the contour of a persons head which the device prior application Serial No.-

is appliedto a tress the hair is desired.

The construction of hair and a wave in ofhair waver 10 shown herein may be considered in its general aspect as comprising a pair of members 11, l2, which can be opened with respectto each other forv including a tress of hair therebetween. fAs here illustrated, said members are hinged together at one end, referred,i to in the following description as the hinged end, and are separable or may be opened at their opposite ends, and thereby having the characteristics of a clamp. 'I l Furthermore, one of the members, which for conveniencewill be designated as the body member, :comprises inner and outer portions 13, 14 respectively, which are fast with f respect to each other but longitudinally spaced from each other so as to permit depression of a transverse tress of hair therebetween in a wavy configuration. The major parts of said waver and outer portions are preferably soy arranged as to be in a common plane or curved surface, and the outer, or hinged member V12 is arranged to pass through or cross that plane or curvedsurface of the body portion in closing the hinged member, so that the tress of hair lying across the hinged member will be pushed up between portions of the body portion and assume a wavy configuration', thereby simultaneously forming a pair of parallel crests. Means are provided for retaining the members in this closed position, said Vretaining means comprising an essential part of the present invention. n As one member is bent vfrom a single piece of resilient .wire providingL substantially parallel hinged or clamp member past the said gen l l eral plane or surface in operation, as will 100 preferred construction,` the bodyl Y be more fully understood as the description Y approach and then recede from the loop op proportioned that major Vinner 1 the member,

posite',V thereby joining not only upstanding loops but also lateral half loops 18, 18 directed outwardly. .away .fromVv ,each other.. The wire forming theend part. of `Said body portion connects the receding portions of .the

lateral loops as at 19.

Th-e inner portion ofthe body portion is likewise preferably 'bent "from a'sin'gle piece of wire, having major .parallel strands l20, 20. notonly parallel to each other but also parallel tothe side strands of the outer member. Near the hinged end of said member these inner strands 20, 20'diverge as lat 21, 21 and provide therebeyond offset parallel parts or hair gripping sections 22, 22 in closer rela tionship tothe outer strands 15, 15 than the strands 20, 20. The -ends of the gripping sections `22', 22 bend laterally inj ward to provide a cross strand or end 23,

whereas, vatthe opposite end of the member the wire integrally connects the inner parallel strands, as at 2-1.

Contiguous .ends Yof the inner portion and the outer portion of the body portion may be secured permanently together in suitable manner. As'here shown, a sheet metal clip 25 is pinched around adjacent Vconnecting cross wires 19 and 24. At .the outer end of .a more elaborate clip 26 is shown, having opposite ends 27, 27 bent around the outerstrands 15, 15 andhaving longitudinalcurled ears 28,29, one lof which, as v28., is pinched taround contiguous .bent-in endsl of both portions of the body portion,

and .the other of which,".as 29, constitutes. a hinge socketfor .the hinge member.

While .the 'hinge or clamp member 12 like- Wise is .preferably of wirewith ,substantially side strands 30, 30, said strands may vhave a slightconvergence toward the releasable .end ofthe member suflicient to obtain certaindesired construction. and results at Opposite ends of the device. At one end .of-thehinged member the strands Vbend ,inward forming hinge pins'31, 31 within saidl hinge socket29, whereas at the opposite end of said member the wire .forms-an integral crossstrand v32 between the sideV strands 30, 30.

: The parts arepreferably so arranged and the side' strands of the hingedn-member. adjacent lthe'hinged end thereof, substantially bisectthe space between the .outer strands .ofthe body member and the oset portions of the inner portion of v said body members. Furthermore the hinged member isarranged to extend beyond the free end lof the body :member with its strands thereatspacedat adistance suchas tolberered .by vhelepstading 10ers .177

strand .of .the hinged member is first depressed out .of the lateral' loop 125, as shown in Figures 1 to 8, which acts .to draw the other strand into its lateral loop, requiring a torsional. .distortion .of he hinged member. in;

process of release; As .soon as the depressed strand passes the protruding shoulder or end ofthe end strand, continued depression will slide the other side strand out of its lateral loop 17 as shown" in fullflfines'i-n Figure Y9V and obtain complete release of that end of the hngedmember asshown in dotted .lines in the same figure. Thetress .of hair positionedbetweenl the several strands; -with itself act as a deterent 'teeither'the torsional or 'lateral movement of .the hinged member, and .thus obtain a very secure engagement not subject to inadvertent .opening 'in use.

By virtue ofthe relatively .Close associa. tion of the side strands v.at the hinged end of the device, .a relatively 'greater grip is ob-V tained .upon'fthe ,tress O hair .ati-that part thereof or end ofthe wave. This feature is of utmost importance, in that .the .operator applies a li-nger pressure. tothe trees first at Vthe base ,or hinged `end of the device Within the space betweenthe inner strands of vthe bodyf member. to .pull the -hair .into crest, and then by movement of the ,fingenfa longitudinal central crest or wave in the tress between .the two parallel A crests are mechanically formed simultaneously with eachother when the device .is closed. The gripping :of the tress with .this extra force islobtaine'd .at the .hinged end .of the members, thereby utilizing the beneffcalleverage .providedby the length of the members, -and with suflieient ease'so as not to be uncomfortable to the person whQSe hair :is .being curletil.v rIhe height of the crestinayfthus ,be governed (by the amount of hair drawn between the Strands at thebase'end, audsnce theihar iS gripped more securely at'that end,lmore.than desired, will not be readily pulled through.

Vith the heighto-f .fthe'crestonce started, the Y entire length vis then readily obtained with a sliding movement using strands as a guide. i Claims: -Y

1. Af hair Waver as characterized compris. ing a plurality of hair engaging framesdis-Y posed in substantially 4.parallel relation .for Ymost of their length, the vinnersides `of said frames being disposed j at ,the .hinged endv of said Waver in lcloserrelation .to'the outer sides ofV said frames Xto form narrow .pas4 sages therebetween, ,a .looped haireengaging element being adaptedtoiswin between the inner and Guter sides .of sa fra-mes .and through contracted passages .formed at the opposite. endof said frame, and means loclif the 4p arallel ing the looped element and frame in service l position.

2. A hair Waver as characterized comprising spaced hair engaging frames, and a looped hair engaging element pivotally supported With vrespect thereto, said hair engagng frames being substantially parallel for most of their length, the inner frame Widening adjacent the end for enabling the operator to insert a nger therein.

3. A hair Waver as characterized comprising spaced hair engaging frames, and a looped hair engaging element pivotally supported With respect thereto, said hair engaging frames being substantially parallel most of their length, the inner frame Widening adjacent one end enabling the operator to insert a finger therein, said loop Widening at its pivoted end to pass between the Widened inner frame and the outer frame.-

4. A hair Waver as characterized comprislng a plurality of hair engaging frames hinged at one end, said members adapted to y be opened at the opposite end, one of said members having interlocking means at the opening end adapted to be disengaged by a lateral movement of the other said members.

5. A hair Waver as characterized comprising a pair of hinged members, said members adapted to be opened at one end, one of said members rovding'upstanding lateral loops limiting t e position of the other member in closed position, and the upstanding lateral loops functioning to retain said other member locked in said upstandinoP loops.

A ROSE EHLICH. 

